This post made me laugh! :)Lydia, did you know you can go back to the old templates? I understand your frustrations. It took me forever to adjust mine just the right way. Blogger seems to have so many more glitches now too.

To switch back to the old templates you go to Design, Edit Html, and scroll to the bottom of that page. It says, Old Templates and you click on Select Layout Template. It comes up with Minima and Stretch Minima and all of those previous options. To change colors I think you still might have to use the new template designer but at least you can get the old look without all the glitches.Hope this helps Lydia! (and you can always switch back.)-amylou